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Cell Transport Study

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Samuel is learning about how substances move in and out of cells. He discovers that passive transport across the cell membrane does not require _____.

a)

water

b)

osmosis

c)

energy

d)

equilibrium

2.

Jackson places a drop of food coloring in a glass of water and watches as the color spreads throughout the water without stirring or adding anything. The movement of molecules without the use of energy is called what?

a)

diffusion

b)

homeostasis

c)

transport

d)

exocytosis

3.

Osmosis is a type of passive transport involving the movement of _____.

a)

sugar

b)

water

c)

starch

d)

cells

4.

Kai is learning about how cells take in large molecules. He discovers that when a cell uses energy to bring large molecules INTO the cell membrane, this process is called?

a)

osmosis

b)

exocytosis

c)

endocytosis

d)

passive transport

5.

Charlotte is studying how cells remove waste. She learns that large molecules going OUT of the cell membrane using energy is called?

a)

osmosis

b)

exocytosis

c)

endocytosis

d)

passive transport

6.

Ava is sitting in a room where someone just sprayed perfume. The crowded perfume particles, like oxygen, move from an area of high concentration near the spray to an area of low concentration across the room without using energy. Choose the term that best fits this process.

a)

active transport

b)

diffusion

c)

osmosis

d)

homeostasis

7.

Choose the term that best fits: Energy is used to move particles from a place of lower to higher concentration.

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

c)

diffusion

d)

osmosis

8.

Michael is learning about how substances move in and out of cells. He observes that some materials move across the cell membrane without the cell using any energy. Choose the term that best fits this process.

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

c)

cellular respiration

d)

metabolism

9.

Grace places a raisin in a cup of water and observes that water moves into the raisin through its skin. Choose the term that best fits: The movement of water across the membrane.

a)

plasmolysis

b)

osmosis

c)

active transport

d)

homeostasis

10.

Liam places a gummy bear in a cup of water and observes that it absorbs water through its outer membrane. The movement of WATER across a membrane is called _____.

a)

diffusion

b)

osmosis

c)

active transport

d)

filtration

11.

Emma is conducting a science experiment. She places a fresh stalk of celery into a _____ solution and notices that it shrinks. This is because water in the celery is pulled toward the higher percentage of salt solution.

a)

isotonic

b)

hypotonic

c)

hypertonic

d)

tonic

12.

A raw egg has a selectively permeable _____. This means that only select types of materials are able to pass.

a)

membrane

b)

nucleus

c)

cell wall

d)

chloroplast

13.

What are two main types of passive transport? Select all that apply.

a)

diffusion

b)

osmosis

c)

protein pump

d)

endocytosis

14.

Large molecules entering and leaving the cell.

a)

diffusion

b)

endocytosis/exocytosis

c)

diffusion

d)

osmosis

15.

How will the water move for a cell with 10% solute placed in a 10% salt solution?

a)

into the cell

b)

out of the cell

c)

no net movement

16.

What happens to the cell size in the 10% inside vs. 10% outside scenario?

a)

shrink

b)

stay the same

c)

expand

17.

Name the type of solution for a cell with 10% solute placed in a 10% salt solution.

a)

isotonic

b)

hypotonic

c)

hypertonic

18.
Which way will the water molecules move during osmosis?
a)
Out of the cell, so the cell shrinks.
b)
Out of the cell, so the cell swells.
c)
Into the cell, so the cell shrinks.
d)
Into the cell, so the cell swells.
19.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
20.
Water will move?
a)
Into the cell
b)
Out of the cell
c)
Neither into or out of the cell
21.

Lily places a cell that contains 70% H2O into a solution that contains 30% H2O. What type of solution is this?

a)

Hypotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Isotonic

22.

This animal cell is in a ____________ solution.

a)

hypertonic

b)

hypotonic

c)

isotonic

23.

Zoe is conducting an experiment where she observes how water moves through a thin membrane separating two solutions. What is this movement of water through a cell membrane called?

a)

osmosis

b)

endocytosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

compound

24.

Oliver places a cell with 8 water molecules inside into a solution that has only 2 water molecules outside the cell. What type of solution is the cell in?

a)

hypotonic

b)

isotonic

c)

hypertonic

d)

equilibrium

25.

Where will the WATER (look at the water percentages)go?

a)

Into the cell

b)

Out of the cell

c)

Equally in & out - it's isotonic

d)

There is no water

26.

There is a higher concentration of WATER in or out of the cell?

a)

Inside the cell

b)

Higher in the cell

c)

Equally in & out - it's isotonic

d)

There is no water

27.
The most important part of the cell in cell transport is the ____________.
a)
E.R.
b)
cytoplasm
c)
nucleus 
d)
cell membrane
28.

What is diffusion?

a)

The movement of water molecules across a semipermeable membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.

b)

The process by which molecules spread from areas of high concentration, to areas of low concentration.

c)

The active transport of molecules from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration using energy.

d)

The engulfing of large particles into the cell.

29.

What is passive transport?

a)

The movement of molecules across the cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell.

b)

The movement of molecules across the cell membrane using energy.

c)

The process of taking material into the cell by means of infoldings, or pockets, of the cell membrane.

d)

The release of materials from the cell.

30.

Which organelle is responsible for controlling what moves into or out of cells?

a)
Nucleus
b)
Endoplasmic reticulum
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Cell membrane
31.

What is the primary function of the cell membrane?

a)

To provide structural support to the cell.

b)

To control what enters and leaves the cell, maintaining homeostasis.

c)

To facilitate the synthesis of proteins.

d)

To store the cell's genetic information.

32.
This cell organelle helps organisms maintain homeostasis by controlling what substances may enter or leave cells.
a)
vacuole
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell wall
33.

All cells have a cell membrane.

a)

True

b)

False

34.
ATP is a form of energy.
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Active Transport
35.

The movement of materials from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration would require...

a)

glucose

b)

energy (ATP)

c)

fish

d)

chips

36.
Active transport allows a cell to move molecules from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Which is true about active transport?
a)
It requires energy
b)
it does not require energy
c)
It moves substances down the concentration gradient
d)
it moves material from high to low concentration
38.
Active transport requires 
a)
no energy 
b)
ATP 
c)
studying 
d)
osmosis
39.

Mia places a plant cell in a hypertonic solution during her biology experiment. What happens to the cell?

a)

It swells and bursts

b)

It shrinks and dies

c)

No change occurs

d)

It becomes turgid

40.

Which type of solution has the same concentration of solutes as the cell?

a)

Isotonic

b)

Supersaturated

c)

Hypertonic

d)

Hypotonic

41.

If a red blood cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, what is most likely to happen?

a)

It will swell and possibly burst

b)

It will shrink

c)

It will remain unchanged

d)

It will divide

42.

Which side has the higher concentration of glucose?

a)

cell

b)

blood

43.

Which side has the higher concentration of glucose?

a)

cell

b)

blood

44.

This picture shows what type of transport (leaving the cell)

a)

Facilitated

b)
Exocytosis
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Protein Pumps
45.

In active transport, molecules move from _______________ concentration to _____________ concentration.

a)

low; low

b)

high; low

c)

high; high

d)

low; high

46.

Active transport requires ________________ for molecules to move.

a)

energy

b)

sunlight

c)

electricity

d)

gravity